Joseph Brackett - Simple Gifts Chords & Tabs

"Simple Gifts" - Joseph Brackett (1858)

(info re composer credit from canaan)

Transcribed by Christopher J. Kosciuk (cjkosciuk@yahoo.com) 

This version is from The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method, volume 1.

Time signature: 4/4

0--          8th note
0-----       1/4 note
0----------- 1/2 note


-------|----------0--2-----2--3--|-5-----5--3--2-----0-----|
-------|-3-----3--------3--------|----------------------3--|
-2-----|----2--------------------|----2-----------2--------|
-------|-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|
-------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 1       3  1  3     2  3  2  4    4  1  4  2  2  1     3


-0-----0-----0-----------|-0--2--0-----------------|
-------------------3-----|----------2--------------|
----2-----2-----2-----2--|-------------2-----2-----|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
    1     1     1  3  1       2     2  1     1


----------0--2-----2--3--|-5-----5--3--2-----0-----|
-3-----3--------3--------|----------------------3--|
----2--------------------|----2-----------2--------|
-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
 3  1  3     2  3  2  4    4  1  4  2  2  1     3

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joseph_brackett/simple_gifts_tab.html ]
-0-----0-----2-----2-----|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-3-----3-----3~~~~~~~~~~~|
----2-----2-----2-----2--|----2-----2--2~~~~~~~~~~~|
-------------------------|-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|
-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
    1     1  2  1  2  1    3  1  3  1  3
                                       1


||--5-----------2--------0--|-2--3--2--0-----------0--|
||--------3-----------3-----|-------------3-----3-----|
||o----2-----2-----2--------|----------------2--------|
||o-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
    4  1  2  1  2  1  3       2  4  2     3  1  3


-2-----2--3--5-----3--2--|-0-----0--2--0-----------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
----2-----------2--------|----2--------------2-----|
-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
 2  1  2  4  4  1  3  2       1     2        1


----------0--2-----2--3--|-5-----5--3--2-----0-----|
-3-----3--------3--------|----------------------3--|
----2--------------------|----2-----------2--------|
-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
 3  1  3     2  3  2  4    4  1  4  2  2  1     3


-0-----0-----2-----0-----|--------------------------||
-------------------------|-3-----3-----3~~~~~~~~~~~-||
----2-----2-----2-----2--|----2-----2--2~~~~~~~~~~~o||
-------------------------|-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~o||
-0~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------------------||
-------------------------|--------------------------||
    1     1  2  1     1    3  1  3  1  3
                                       1